Comparison

GlowRoutine vs Mentalium

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

GlowRoutine

Features
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Skincare Diary – Build Consistent Routines and Track Your Skin Progress Skincare Diary helps you create, manage, and stick to your daily skincare routines. Whether you're just starting out or want to stay consistent with your morning and night care, this app provides all the tools you need to track your habits, monitor your progress, and stay motivated. Key Features • Custom Skincare Product Tracker Add your own skincare products by category: Cleanser, Serum, Moisturizer, and Sunscreen. Include product prices to track your skincare spending easily. • Personalized Routines Set up separate morning and night routines. Once all categories are filled, you're ready to begin your session. • Hands-Free Skincare Sessions Use voice commands to control your session. Say “Next” to move forward, “Skip” to skip a product, or “Close” to end. You can also activate your front camera to use it as a mirror. Available with Premium Subscription. • Routine History Calendar Track your routine history in a calendar view. A full-opacity dot marks days when both routines are completed, half for one, none for zero. • Consistency Progress Chart Earn and lose points based on your routine completion. Stay motivated to never hit zero! Premium feature. • Face Comparison Tool Capture your Day 1 and Day 7 photos to visually compare skincare progress. Premium feature. • Smart Shopping List Automatically generate a shopping list from your saved products. Update prices and choose where to purchase them. Subscription Info Some features require a Premium Subscription. Subscription is auto-renewable and charged to your Apple ID account. You can manage or cancel at any time in your account settings. Subscription includes: Voice-controlled skincare sessions Face comparison tool Consistency tracking with point system And more... Terms & Privacy Privacy Policy: https://yourdomain.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Start today and stay consistent. Build your glow, one routine at a time.

About

Mentalium

This voice-powered journal uses AI to transcribe your thoughts and emotions, helping you manage anxiety and depression through cognitive behavioral therapy. Track your progress, identify cognitive distortions, and easily share reports with your therapist, all while ensuring complete privacy as data is stored only on your device.

Highlights
  • Voice-powered CBT diary
  • AI speech transcription
  • Anxiety and mood tracking
  • Progress visualization
  • Shareable therapist reports
  • On-device data storage
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Start with a 3-day free trial on the monthly plan, or choose the yearly plan, no trial. One Premium subscription unlocks every feature below. Prices depend on your country and are shown in the app before you buy. Manage or cancel anytime in App Store. Mentalium is a voice-powered CBT diary with built-in AI transcription. Developed together with Alexander Erichev, MD, PhD, psychiatrist and psychotherapist, Professor at the Department of Psychotherapy, Medical Psychology and Sexology, Mechnikov North-Western State Medical University. It is built to make your cognitive behavioral therapy genuinely more effective. The real progress in CBT happens between sessions — when you keep your thought diary regularly. That is the key "homework" of therapy: the more often you work through your automatic thoughts, the faster your thinking shifts and your anxiety eases. The problem is that almost no one keeps the diary by hand — typing on a phone is slow, and a notebook is never around. So people fill it in from memory a couple of hours before their session. That works about as well as going to the gym once a month. Mentalium removes the main obstacle. Anxiety does not arrive on schedule, and you need to capture the thought in the moment — while it is still fresh. Just tap record and say it out loud: the AI instantly turns your speech into a structured CBT entry. The act of speaking and reframing the thought already helps you get through a wave of anxiety more calmly. HOW IT WORKS The app guides you through every step of the CBT thought diary: — Rate your anxiety level before the entry — Describe the situation that triggered anxiety — Identify the automatic thought — Name the emotion and physical reaction — Formulate a more realistic, calmer thought — Rate your anxiety level after the entry No typing — just talk. In the car, at home, on a walk. WATCH YOUR ANXIETY GO DOWN Mentalium records your anxiety level before and after each entry and shows the dynamics: how many entries you have made, how your anxiety changes over time, and which cognitive distortions come up most often. Progress is visible — and that keeps you from quitting. WHY CBT Cognitive behavioral therapy is one of the most researched, evidence-based approaches to anxiety. Its core tool is the thought record: catch the automatic thought that set off the anxiety and replace it with a more realistic one. Mentalium makes that tool convenient enough to actually use every day. SHARE WITH YOUR PSYCHOTHERAPIST Send your CBT diary entries to your psychotherapist straight from the app in one tap. The app builds an Excel report for the selected period and emails it. No time wasted retelling everything in session — go straight to the analysis. COMPLETE PRIVACY Notes about your inner state are personal. That is why your entire CBT diary is stored only on your device and never sent anywhere. Speech recognition runs right on your phone: on first launch the app downloads an offline model once (~200 MB), and everything is processed locally after that. Your voice recordings never go to third-party servers. WHO MENTALIUM IS FOR • You are doing CBT with a psychotherapist and want to get the most out of therapy • You practice cognitive behavioral therapy on your own • You are looking for a convenient way to handle anxiety and panic attacks in the moment • Keeping a thought diary by hand is hard for you — voice removes that barrier Install Mentalium and keep your CBT diary when it works best — in the moment, not a couple of hours before your session. DISCLAIMER Mentalium is not a medical device, is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any medical condition, and does not provide medical or psychological advice. If you have any health concerns, please consult a qualified healthcare professional. Privacy Policy: https://mentalium.me/legal/privacy-policy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://mentalium.me/legal/terms-of-use.html

Screenshots

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Mentalium4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: GlowRoutine at every 3 days against Mentalium's fortnightly. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. GlowRoutine sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Mentalium sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GlowRoutine ships an update every 3 days, Mentalium fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
GlowRoutine versus Mentalium: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGlowRoutineMentalium
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB87 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArdyansyah .Pavel Trubetskov

In-app purchases

2 purchases

GlowRoutine

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium7 Days trial$24.991 Year
2 purchases

Mentalium

Subscriptions2
  • Mentalium Weekly3 Days trial$9.997 Days
  • Mentalium Annual$59.991 Year

Questions

Is GlowRoutine free?
GlowRoutine is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mentalium free?
Mentalium is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do GlowRoutine or Mentalium have ads?
Neither GlowRoutine nor Mentalium shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GlowRoutine or Mentalium?
GlowRoutine ships an update every 3 days, and Mentalium fortnightly. Most recently, GlowRoutine was updated on October 25, 2026 and Mentalium on October 8, 2026.

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